Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-03-17

wrote in an autograph album these
words:
All the worlds Al stage.
Sincerely your friend.
WA. SHAKEsrEAEE.
Perhaps he meant that there were ;i'es /
on it--but we will not undertake to
enter this field OF thought. However,
to sneak in "a more serious vein ana
treating the subject in a more diIni-
fled way, will state that attera mum.
b.r of wears scrutiny Of the world
am convinced that the great bard
used this expression in iiguraii'e
sense only. Could he pick up his pen
today he would either erase the above
line or add to it so that ii would read:
..All the worlds a stage, and nobody
but the woman with the high hat can
see what is going on upon 1t: Yours
bitterly, Dill
It isno. "a new field, perhaps. this
,,is.ussion of the high hat, but desire
F, i'm my poor, weak way to add my 'e--
timony to the testimony OF those who
have sat down on said hat. lee. oi "a
truth-occasionally that his hi'.i hat
* making an old man of n,eand draw
ing lines OF rare here and there over
my fair Young face. Here Il. a time
of life when ought to he in the fuil
Aush and pride Of manhood ] find
myself no longer able to build the fire
in the MOI ming, and my breath, winch
was once as robust as that OF the
Cpas tree, now comes III snort pants.
The tall hat with a wad of timothy
or five-pound pompon at the apex
thereof, has brought this about: How
would a man look who might SIT
in the bald-headed row wearinga Joint
of stove pipe on his head trimmed with
hay? Has it not been the custom Tor
years to place bald-headed men on
the front row, because they offered no
obstruction to the vision?
And now what do we see?
We do not see anything.
Twill leave it to any disinteresteti
person to say whether do not love
and admire woman, whether aggre-
. gated or segregated, but she does 80
many things which as her friend and
admirer deeply regret:
Not long ago had the pleasure oil
attending one Of Mr.. Booths perform
ances i'm which he took the part o.
Hamlet with great credit to himself
as I afterwards learned from mem
, Der of the orchestra, who saw the
whole performance.
i'll had not promised n former wife
nj mine tina: ! would never touch
liquor I would have been amply Jus
titled that evening in saturating my
J self with bay rum or some other Sc
ductivs beverage.
paid a large price week before
hand for n scat ut the Hamlet per
fornance, because had met AR
Booth once in the Rocky Mountains
and made deep impression on him
, / also told him that ii he ever hap
r uened to he in any tow. where ! wal
featuring I would dismiss any asdi
| ence to come and hear him, and III
, might do as he thought best abou
i shutting up on the following night I.
: come and hear me.
Well, / noticed at first, when wen
| in, that the row before me was unoc
e crpiad, and gathered myself up in I
/ strong, manly embrace and huG,e'
: myseif with JOY. The eurta in humps
+ itself, and the first act wasabout IN tn
/ act Of producing itse,f, when a mee
: little gentleman. with an air Of con
J. scious guilt, came down the aisle II
n advance OF % wOmans excursion, con
$ sisting of four female members Of hi
j. family, l Judged. lie looked abol
h over the house, timidly took Oh hi
coat anil sscn,"'l to hc prcparin; hin